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Information on Roger Griffin was minimal and not enough to convey the attitudes of his ideas The book was presented in a strict factual way with emphasis on the true occurrences in history It can be implied that Griffins writing shows no personality in writing style except that the facts are the true basis of input Fascism contains a political attitude that pushed to dominate political life in central southern and eastern-central Europe from 1919 and 1944 All fascist movements had an emphasis on the nation as the center of all history and life and on the authority of the leader behind whom the people were expected to form a trust for The word fascism was first used in 1919 by Benito Mussolini in Italy In the following years the fascism was known in countries as far away as Japan Argentina Brazil and the Union of South Africa its specific type varys according to the countrys traditions its social structure and leader The Italian word fascio according to the book symbolized both aspects the power of many united and obeying one will and the authority of the state which was the supreme source of law and order and all national life Fascism rejected the common governments of that era the American and French revolutions looked at individual liberty and on the equality of men and races Enlightenment had the individual and openness in a secularized society On the other hand fascism set the sovereignty of the nation as an absolute monarch Griffin states It demanded the revival of the spirit of the ancient city-state above all of Sparta with its discipline and total devotion to duty and of the complete coordination of all intellectual and political thought and activities against modern individualism and scientific skepticism The combination of an faith and combativeness was to change the nation into a permanently mobilized armed force to conquer maintain and expand power Fascism was not a doctrine

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